Hanger for garments.



" Na s94,65s. PATENTE-D'JULY 28, 1908. f

. W. M. JONES.

HANGER FOR GARMBNTS.

fAPPLIOATION FILED JUNE 26, 1906.

WALTER MARWOOD JONES, OF LONDON, ENGLAND;

, HANGER FOR GARMENTS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July as, 1908.

Application filed June 26, 1906. Serial No. 323,508.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER MARwooD JONES, a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 204 Northumberland Park, Tottenham, London, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in or Connected with Hangers for Garments and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention for improvements in orconnected with hangers for garments has for its object to provide a garment hanger for suspending and at the same time preventing the soiling of skirts, jackets or-other garments; and consists of a suspending device and an overall or cover attached to the suspending device in such manner that the garment when suspended is capable of being entirely surrounded or inclosed by the overall or cover. By this means the garment is not only kept in shape or free from folds or creases, but all dust is kept off the garment.

In one way of carrying out this invention, the overall or cover is formed of holland, calico or other suitable dust proof material, preferably from a single piece cut to a suitable shape and joined along its longer edges. The lower end of the cover is open but provided with a draw string for closing it, and a small sachet is attached to the lower hem, which serves the double purpose of providing a receptacle for perfume or camphor, andfilling the aperture left by the draw string. At the top the cover is closed by two disks of wood or plates of other suitable material between which it is clamped. Or it may be detachably connected to' the disks in any other suitable manner so long as the connection is dust-proof. The clamping disks or plates may be of comparatively small dimensions and the top of the cover correspondingly contracted. A suitable device such as a hook is attached to the clamping disks for hanging the garment inside the cover, while a suspending hook or eye is provided externally on the upper disk by which the protecting cover and hanger are themselves suspended from a hook in a wardrobe or other place where garments are put away. In order to eflect the clamping of the cover between the disks the shank of the hanger hook is screw-threaded and provided with a shoulder and clamping nut between which the disks are forced together. The garment to be hung up is introduced at the lower end of the cover which, as will be seen, forms an inverted bag and after suspending the garment, the open end may be drawn in or closed by the draw-string.

In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, Figures 1 and 2 are side views of the garment hanger showing it in one case with the cover open at the bottom and partly raised, and in the other case closed, and Fig. 3 is a detail View on a larger scale.

As shown, the suspending device is composed of hooks a, a a formed on a screwthreaded shank b which receives a wing nut for clampingthe disks or plates 0 0 against a shoulder 11 on the shank.

Between the plates 0 c is clamped the upper edge of the cover or over-all e, the lower plate a being preferably provided with a concave or recessed upper surface, as indicated by the dotted line in Fig. 3. This enables the lower plate to clamp the material of the over-all e about its margin only and thus impart a neat finish. The arrangement is such that the garment suspending hooks a a depend directly from the underside of the plates 0, c, forming the device for attaching the upper end of the cover, and said plates 0, c are of such dimensions that their edge portions, wherefrom the cover e depends, are extended outwardly beyond the said hooks a a in such manner that the said cover e is adapted to fall freely outside Of the said hooks, as clearly shown in Fig. 3-

0f the drawings, andis thereby not liable to be caught upon the said hooks in such manner as to interfere with the suspending or removal of a garment in the use of the device. At the lower edge, the cover e is hemmed, and draw-strings f inserted in the hem for closing the lower end of the cover. When the cover' is closed the loose ends of the strings may be passed through a loop 9 on the sides of the cover. The sachet h attached to the hem serves for holding perfume, camphor, or the like, and insures a tight closing of the mouth of the cover, the hem being tightly drawn around the sachet as shown in Fig. 2.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A garment hanger, and protector hav ing a device comprising an external hook for the hanger, an internal sus ending hook for the garment, and a depenc mg shank which is integrally connected With both of said hooks, clamping plates carried by said shank, an inclosing cover for the garment, clamped at its upper end between said plates, and

15, means for clamping said plates on the material of the cover.

2. A garment hanger and protector, com prising an inclosing cover for the garment, a suspending hook provided With a screw- 10 threaded shank, clamping plates on the prising a flexible cover, a suspending device for the garment adapted to tightly close the upper end of the cover, and means for tightly closing the lower end of the cover, comprising a sachet and a drawstring arranged to draw the mouth of the cover tightly around the sachet.

In testimony whereof I have allixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER MAPJVOOD JONES.

WVitnesses:

LYsTER CHARLES HOLT, HARRY PERCY STEPHENSON. 

